Diabetes

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Morbidity

• Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with diabetes (diagnosed or undiagnosed): 10% (2003-2006)
• Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with diagnosed diabetes: 8% (2003-2006)
• Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with undiagnosed diabetes: 2.5% (2003-2006)

Source: Health, United States, 2008, Table 54

 

Health care use

Ambulatory care

• Number of visits to office-based physicians with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 23.8 million

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Summary, Table 12

• Number of visits to hospital outpatient departments with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 4.3 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Outpatient Department Summary. Table 10

Hospital inpatient care

• Number of discharges: 584,000
• Average length of stay: 4.7 days

Source: 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Tables 2, 4

Home health care

• Number of current patients with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 106,000 (2000)
• Percent of current patients with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 7.9% (2000)

Source: National Home and Hospice Care Survey, Table 12

Nursing home care

• Number of residents with diabetes: 279,000
• Percent of residents with diabetes: 17%
• Average length of stay for discharges with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 357 days

Source: National Nursing Home Survey: 1999 Summary, Tables 26, 27, 58

 

Mortality

• Number of deaths:  75,119
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 25.3
• Cause of death rank: 6

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Tables B

 

More data

• Early Release of Selected Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey
• Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2007
• Discharges in non-federal short stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis: 1990-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 103
• Discharge rate and average length of stay in non-federal short stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis: 1990-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 104
• Age-adjusted death rates by sex, race, and Hispanic origin:  1950-2005 Health, United States, 2008, Table 28
• Health Data Interactive